No chance for a sunrise on this overly cloudy morning, so I did some early-morning stamping instead! No sweat… literally.

After a couple days of cold gray skies, it was so nice to see the sun again today! Just in time to catch some of the fantastic Fall colors still hanging on!

So my friend Pam has a “slightly unhealthy obsession” with Chapstick… and you already know of my “ever-so-slight-addiction”… so imagine my laughter & surprise when our mutual friend Judy gave this to me last night!!! Like an unhealthy love-child of Pam & mine!!! HA!!!

So last night in class there “may have been” another yellow towel situation… it’s been too long!

Just a little early-morning wheelthrowing to kick-start the day!

Looks like another stamped mug is headed off to another happy home… “peace”fully celebrating another Mugshot Monday!

Well, my “Birthday Week” started with a Marathon… and ended with this yummy monstrosity!!! Yummy ice cream & hot fudge at Carl’s Ice Cream with friends!!! It’s been a great week!!!

As the sun slowly sets on the end of another wonderful weekend somewhere in the middle of nowhere! A much needed weekend getaway…

Someone brought the teacher an apple! Well, several of them!!! One of my Tuesday night students brought me a bag of apples freshly picked from her brother’s apple orchard up in northern Michigan. So nice, so yummy… and Jen definitely got an A+ for Tuesday night class!!! Thanks Jen!!!

It’s been a great “run” of fun this birthday weekend… all pun intended… with special THANKS to everyone for the great Birthday Wishes yesterday to help celebrate the big day! After a Sunday run with bananas & Gatorade… I much prefer yesterday with huge cookies & ice cream!!!